Party Day!
Jason has lots of vacation days left this year, so he has decided to take the day off whenever the kids don't have school. Our first family holiday was Columbus Day and we took the kids to the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago. The kids thought the whole place was completely awesome. We did everything from have cow milking contests, to riding airplanes to splashing in water and driving combines. They can't wait to go back
Dani milking a cow
I was amazed at how big all the farm equipment was. Brendan is sitting in the wheel of a tractor -- and this was the SMALLEST of the farming vehicles there!
Evan might have been in trouble playing in this jet turbine if he'd been a superhero wearing a cape, but luckily, we have watched The Incredibles 4387 times and so we know all about the dangers of combining capes and flying...
For some reason this was Dani and Evan's favorite thing. Everywhere we went in the museum, they wanted to go back to the trolley. We returned to the exhibit after we'd seen everyting else and probably spend 30-45 minutes playing on it. The kids were trolley attendants and I was the customer and they brought me drinks and snacks until the place closed and they kicked us out!
On the way home, we stopped at IHOP for dinner and then, on a whim, passed a pumpkin farm and stopped to pick pumpkins.
After forking over $42 for 4 pumpkins (choke, gag, gasp, screech -- sorry, I still can't believe we spent that much on PUMPKINS). We went home and the kids declared it a successful day and want to bring anyone who comes to visit us to the Museum. Any takers?
Dani milking a cow
I was amazed at how big all the farm equipment was. Brendan is sitting in the wheel of a tractor -- and this was the SMALLEST of the farming vehicles there!
Evan might have been in trouble playing in this jet turbine if he'd been a superhero wearing a cape, but luckily, we have watched The Incredibles 4387 times and so we know all about the dangers of combining capes and flying...
For some reason this was Dani and Evan's favorite thing. Everywhere we went in the museum, they wanted to go back to the trolley. We returned to the exhibit after we'd seen everyting else and probably spend 30-45 minutes playing on it. The kids were trolley attendants and I was the customer and they brought me drinks and snacks until the place closed and they kicked us out!On the way home, we stopped at IHOP for dinner and then, on a whim, passed a pumpkin farm and stopped to pick pumpkins.
After forking over $42 for 4 pumpkins (choke, gag, gasp, screech -- sorry, I still can't believe we spent that much on PUMPKINS). We went home and the kids declared it a successful day and want to bring anyone who comes to visit us to the Museum. Any takers?
posted by kim at
9:34 PM
2 Comments:
What a great way for Jason to spend vacation time! Sounds like you guys had a lot of fun.
So you saw that little Grace has made her arrival! Thank goodness.
How is your momma doing?
42.00??? Holy moley!! Well, it's official, you have WAY more fun than we do.
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